Moonshine Junkyard

so as i mentioned, joey and emily moved back in with us. they lived with us before, from spring of 2008 to september of 2009. sooooo the old household is back together and settling in for some cozy times. laugh attacks, movie nights, late night pig outs, impromptu dance parties and ridiculous homemade movies. a peek around their room. it's the big one that i painted turquoise before my epic dance party, 2009. em's trinkets. joey's typewriter. by the time they are our age they might have even more books than we do. owl pillow on joey's old man chair. bed. em's queen chair and the record player. they listen to most all their music on vinyl, which is nice. joey's collection of hand drawn portraits. more of em's trinkets and homemade frames. their bathroom. don't you want em's jewelry? but.....MOST IMPORTANTLY.....the newest additions to our catworld. joey and em have three cats o...

oh sky, thank you for sending rain by the bucket full right when i needed it. i realized after my whiny post that i must be crazy. at the thrift store during the storm yesterday i heard other people claiming we've had too much rain this year, that it rained in june, july, and september.  well as for me, my dry old dusty heart was tumbled in the raintides and came out smooth. this artist's smock was another brigit gift that i've been dying to wear. the colors are my exact favorites this fall, emerald green, pumpkin and violet and needless to say, a million pockets are an absolute dream come true. i want to fill them with paintbrushes, pebbles, tea bags, acorns, bits of lace, pencils and candy corn. shiny fall roads await me. i drive up the hill and everything is gleaming and smiling and shaking off the raindrops and lifting up faces to the downpour. the pears, the blossoms, the grapevines....all so alive and refreshed like a huge barn dance of natur...